Collar-button.



PATENTBD 00T. 29. 19o-7.

E. T. ATWBLL. COLLAR BUTTON. APPLIUATION FILED MAR. a1, 190e.

half of arm 6.

',lar'at the back. ,Tov these ends the invention consists in certain novel UNrrirn sfrafrns PATENT Iernten.

ERNEST T. ATWELL, OF KANSAS CITY, MSSOURI, ASSGNOR TO JONES F. ADAMS, OF KAXSAS CITY, MISSOURI. y

COLLAR-BUTTON.

To all whom 'it muy concern:

Be it known'tliat l, ERNEST T. Ai'wrxtt, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-But-- tons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatos to collar buttons, and niy object is to produce a device of this character which efficiently and-reliably secures a collar to the back of th neck-band 'of a shirt without causing discomfort by pressure upon the back of the neck, said pressure being incident to the use of an ordinary button especially when the user is also wearing a coat and vest.

IiA further object is to produce a collar button which cannot become detached from the shirt and from which the collar-cannot become unbuttoned, and which furthermore will prevent the neckti riding up on the vcoland peculiar features of construction as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it n iay be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in Wliiclii `Figure l is a rear view of the neck-band of a shirt equipped with a collar button embodying my invention; -the shirt bein'g preferably of thatcharacter which opens only in the front and is therefore only equipped wit A a button hole at the back for the purpose of at-l tac iing a collar. Fig. 2, is a similar view with the collar securcdiipon the button. Fig. 3. is a central vertical section on the line lll-lll of Fig. l but with the parts in the first position which they are caused to -ris-` sinne in securing the hutten to the neck-band. Fig. 4, is a similar vview with the button in operative position and also'shows a collar as it is being slipped upon the button. Fig. 5, is a similar view with the collar in operative position. Fig. (i. is a view similar to Fig.' 5 of a slightly modified forni of the collar button. Fig. 7, is a. detail perspective view of a skeleton hnt ton.

In the said drawings. l indicates a shirt, 2 the neck band thereof, and 3 a flap at the back of the neckband, provided with the usual buttonhole 4.

A stiip of thin spring metal with its corners rounded by. preference. is bent at 5 at a point about one-third its length to produce a short arm 6 and a long arm 7, and said long arm is formed with a jog or shoulder 8 so that thel lower half of the arm shall be disposed a greater distance from the plane of arm 6 than the upper haii, the latter by preference being also forniediabout midway its length with a jog or shoulder 9, so that its upper half shall fit flatly and tightly agaiiist the corresponding In the construction shown in Fig. -the long Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

vbent upward as shown in Fig. 3, bending yupward 4approximately on the dotted curved line shown in Fig. l. .Tliebutton is then inverted with its long arm 'next to the band so that it can be slipped up through 65 the button hole 4 until the jog or shoulder 9 extends through the button hole as shown clearly in Fig. The button is then turned as indicated by the arrow in the last-named figure, so that its upper end, viz. those portions of the two arms' which tit tightly together, 70 shall passupward into the loop between the neck band and its flap, the flap at the same time turning until it has attained its normal position as shown in Fig. 4, by reference to which figure it will also be observed that the arm 6 and the .portion of arm 7 above jog or 75 shouldgr 9, fits snugly and flatly between the neckband and its flap.

The button is of course preferably placed in the shirt before the latter i.; donned. The nearer their slips the collar 10 upon the lower en dof arin 7, as shown 80 in Fig. 4, and siips it upward until theportion S is engaged by the button hole ll of' the collar, when it will be seen by reference to Fig. 5, the collar assumes :i perfectly straight and upright position and is prevented from working downward when huttoned in front and from working upward because the space between .the jogs or shoulders 8 and 9 is filled by the lower portion of flap The button shown in Fig. (l is secured in position in the manner described but the collar slips -upwat-.l

`tween the lower portion of the neck-band tlnp 3 and arm 7. The removal of the collar button is effected by reversing the manipulation of the parts.

Irheither type 0f construction the lower end of the arm 7 is preferably flared slightly in order to facilitate slipping the back portion of thc neck-tie thercunder to prevent said tie freni riding up on thc collar.

Frein the above,des.ripton it will ho apparent that l( I haveproduoed a collar button possessing tinl features of advantage eniuncratedas desirable, and l wish it to be understood `that. l do not dcsirc to htrestricted to the exact Construoton shown :ind described, as minor changes in the forni and proportion may be 10 made within the scope oftht` appended claims` u ilhout departing from the principle of construction involvedl Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz- 1. A collar hutton,'comprising a pair of arms of unequal length and united at their upper ends, the longer arm being provided with a jog or shoulder and spaced slightly from and substantially paralleling the other ann below said jog or shoulder and fitting flatly and tightly against the short arm above said shoulder.

2. A collar button, comprising a pair of arms 0 unequal length united at their upper ends, the longer arm being` provided with a. jog or shoulder and tting atly against the other arm above and spaced slightly from and' substantially parallelingsald other arm, below said jog or shoulder, said long arm below said jog or shoulder having a second jog or shoulder, S, said last nam'ed jog or shoulder disposing the lower extremity of the long arm a greater distance from the plane of the short arm than that portion of the long arm between said jugs 0r shoul`ders. In testimony whereof l athx my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST T. ATWELL.

Witnesses:

H. C. Rononns, G. Y. Tnomn. 

